die-away

adjective

That seems to die away; languishing.

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Meanings

adjectivedie-away (comparative more die-away, superlative most die-away)

comparative more die-away · superlative most die-away

  1. archaicThat seems to die away; languishing.

    ‘But, do not imagine I have always been a die-away swain. No: I have frequented the cheerful haunts of men, and wit!’

    1788, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary: A Fiction
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die-away. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/die-away

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“die-away.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/die-away. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “die-away,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/die-away.

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